Ideal marriage material

When a Sri Lankan woman arrives at her 20th milepost in life, the usual trend for her parents is to lay the foundation for her future family. No doubt the hunt begins in finding a decent boy with a good job as typically stated by many Lankan parents. If the eligible bride to be owns land, a house or several, in possession of a University degree from a Western European country or North America the scales would tip in favour of her. Often she would be known as USA/Canada/UK returned or USA College Degree and so on. Her family members, if they hold jobs in professional fields such as Medicine, Engineering, Law, Architecture, IT ( recent field to join the list) they would be specifically stated along with the Degrees obtained.If she is not in the professional employable cadre, her employment with a multinational company in an Executive capacity would be emphasized with the added fringe benefits extended to her by her employer. If the bride to be is not employed her domestic & home management skills would be emphasised – i.e. Culinary skills – this would further branch out to two areas – main dishes & desserts, dressmaking, gardening, handicraft. The planetary positions in her astrological chart would be discussed later on. Even though the eligibility criteria is more severe for the potential bride that does not mean that the bridegroom to be is spared. The foreign degrees will naturally cause a great impact, his career and position, family assets all of these will be considered, compared in getting the best deal for both families. Honesty, common sense, practical attitude, sound mentality can always wait to be figured out during life after marriage.. In typical local saying “a good match”.